The Fifth EstateAnother Father's Pain. Prescription drugs and addictionMar 13, 2015 | 2:29Gerry Hart played 16 seasons in the NHL. His son Jordan played pro hockey in the minor leagues until injuries ended his sports career early. When Len Boogaard started investigating who was providing his son with the that drugs killed him, team doctors were not the only providers he discovered. Derek's phone and bank records, that he eventually provided to the DEA, led to the arrest of Jordan Hart. His case is still before the courts in the Southern District of New York.

The Fifth EstateNewberry on testing and when he learned his health had been compromised by all the medicationMar 12, 2015 | 2:15Former San Francisco 49er Jeremy Newberry shares how he discovered his health had been compromised by all the medication he was taking during his playing days.

The Fifth EstateNewberry on Toradol and Vicodin use and abuse in the locker roomMar 12, 2015 | 1:50Jeremy Newberry himself never got addicted to painkillers, but remembers the team trainers “pouring the pills” into his hand on game day to mask his pain.

The Fifth EstatePlaying HurtMar 10, 2015 | 31:09From 1981, Eric Malling reports on the ordeal of hockey player Mike Robitaille. The then defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks stood up to the hockey establishment and won an important court decision related to injuries received while a player.

The Fifth EstateSeeds of DistrustFeb 25, 2015 | 22:28In this 1999 piece we look at the public battle raging over genetically modified food. We explore the dispute between Canadian grain farmers and the multinational company Monsanto, the world's leading manufacturer of genetically modified seeds.

The Fifth EstateAl-Jazeera responds to Mohamed Fahmy's allegationsFeb 20, 2015 | 13:57As part of the fifth estate's research into Mohamed Fahmy's arrest and imprisonment, Gillian Findlay met with Al Anstey, the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English. We put several of Fahmy's allegations about Al Jazeera's conduct prior to his arrest and during the trial to Mr. Anstey. Click through to see his response.

The Fifth EstateJudgement in JerusalemFeb 18, 2015 | 46:04Hana Gartner examines circumstances surrounding the trial in Jerusalem of John Demjanjuk, accused of being 'Ivan the Terrible,' the notorious and brutal Nazi prison guard at the Treblinka concentration camp in 1942-43, when up to 6,000 Jews a day were gassed to death.

The Fifth EstateFilmmaker Francine Pelletier reflects on the Montreal Massacre 25 years laterDec 3, 2014 | 9:39In this clip Pelletier talks about her fifth estate documentary “Legacy of Pain.” The former host of the show says the Montreal Massacre left her angry and needing answers.

The Fifth EstateCBC's Chris Boyce speaks about the Ghomeshi affairNov 28, 2014 | 38:42Chris Boyce is the Executive Director of Radio at CBC and a central figure in the corporation's handling of the Ghomeshi affair.
Boyce sat down with the fifth estate's Gillian Findlay for a lengthy interview this week. He speaks for the first time in a documentary airing tonight called, "The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi."

The Fifth EstateBehind the Reid’s claimsNov 20, 2014 | 4:54Dr. Michael Verro, the head of Law Enforcement Studies at Excelsior and a former police officer, stops short of endorsing Reid’s claims to academic legitimacy.

The Fifth EstateWhy some police reject The Reid TechniqueNov 20, 2014 | 4:10The Reid Technique may be the most widely used police interviewing method, but it’s not the only one. The PEACE method was created in 1992 in England as a more scientific and ethical approach to interviewing after several high-profile wrongful convictions. It is now used in Norway and New Zealand. In Canada, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary adopted the PEACE technique in 2009 when the Lamer inquiry cited interviewing techniques as contributing to three wrongful convictions in three homicides.

The Fifth EstateA nurse on the frontlines talks about the homeless and the missingNov 7, 2014 | 1:36Mary Lou Holmes has been working with the homeless and people with mental illness for 13 years. She is currently a nurse case manager with the Cota At Home ACT Team, a community group funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health.

The Fifth EstateJon Riley missing for one year but not in missing person websiteNov 5, 2014 | 2:49“Mom gone to Toronto for a couple of days. Got my GST.” That was the last note Jon Riley wrote to anyone before disappearing more than a year ago.
When Riley didn’t return after a couple of days, his mother was not alarmed, assuming he had decided to stay in Toronto. It was his younger sister Judi who realized something was wrong when she didn’t get her regular emails from her brother.